The first table below looks at the demand for the Support Consultant role in IT jobs advertised for the Leeds region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Support Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Leeds region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Support Consultant
Rank 138 130 110
Rank change year-on-year
-8 -20
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Consultant 8 4 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 0.305% 0.190% 0.277%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.318% 0.195% 0.285%
Number of salaries quoted 7 4 3
Average salary £24,000 £25,000 £23,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.00% +6.38%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £35,000 £34,750
% change year-on-year
+7.14% +0.71%
All Job Titles
Leeds
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2515 2056 1753
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 95.77% 97.44% 97.01%
Number of salaries quoted 2041 1780 1490
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.06%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £24,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £48,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Support Consultant
West Yorkshire

Support Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Support Consultant across the Leeds region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Leeds Support Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

Support Consultant
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Support Consultant across the Leeds region.

Leeds Support Consultant Salary Trend

Support Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds region that cited Support Consultant in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Support Consultant in their job title.

1 19 (82.61%) Windows
2 12 (52.17%) Firewall
3 11 (47.83%) Windows Server 2003
3 11 (47.83%) Windows XP
4 10 (43.48%) SLA
4 10 (43.48%) Microsoft
5 9 (39.13%) Windows Server 2008
6 8 (34.78%) Windows 7
6 8 (34.78%) IIS
6 8 (34.78%) XML
7 7 (30.43%) SOAP
7 7 (30.43%) Web Services
7 7 (30.43%) WSDL
7 7 (30.43%) TCP/IP
7 7 (30.43%) MS Exchange
7 7 (30.43%) Internet
8 5 (21.74%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (21.74%) NHS
8 5 (21.74%) Terminal Server
8 5 (21.74%) Exchange Server 2003
8 5 (21.74%) Management Information System
8 5 (21.74%) Replication
8 5 (21.74%) SQL
8 5 (21.74%) MS Excel
9 4 (17.39%) Windows 2000 Server
9 4 (17.39%) SQL Server
10 3 (13.04%) ITIL
10 3 (13.04%) VPN
10 3 (13.04%) Windows 2000
10 3 (13.04%) Finance

Support Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds region that cited Support Consultant in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Support Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 8 (34.78%) XML
2 7 (30.43%) SOAP
2 7 (30.43%) Web Services
2 7 (30.43%) WSDL
3 2 (8.696%) .NET
4 1 (4.348%) J2EE
4 1 (4.348%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 8 (34.78%) IIS
2 7 (30.43%) MS Exchange
3 5 (21.74%) Exchange Server 2003
4 1 (4.348%) WebLogic
4 1 (4.348%) Apache
Applications
1 5 (21.74%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 12 (52.17%) Firewall
2 7 (30.43%) TCP/IP
2 7 (30.43%) Internet
3 3 (13.04%) VPN
4 2 (8.696%) DNS
5 1 (4.348%) LAN
5 1 (4.348%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (17.39%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.348%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (4.348%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 3 (13.04%) Finance
1 3 (13.04%) Legal
2 1 (4.348%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 5 (21.74%) NHS
1 5 (21.74%) Management Information System
1 5 (21.74%) Replication
2 2 (8.696%) E-Learning
3 1 (4.348%) Mathematics
3 1 (4.348%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 19 (82.61%) Windows
2 11 (47.83%) Windows Server 2003
2 11 (47.83%) Windows XP
3 9 (39.13%) Windows Server 2008
4 8 (34.78%) Windows 7
5 4 (17.39%) Windows 2000 Server
6 3 (13.04%) Windows 2000
7 1 (4.348%) UNIX
7 1 (4.348%) AIX
7 1 (4.348%) Solaris
7 1 (4.348%) Linux
7 1 (4.348%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (13.04%) ITIL
1 3 (13.04%) Project Management
2 2 (8.696%) Service Delivery
3 1 (4.348%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (21.74%) SQL
2 1 (4.348%) C#
2 1 (4.348%) C++
2 1 (4.348%) Java
2 1 (4.348%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (21.74%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (8.696%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (43.48%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (21.74%) Terminal Server
2 2 (8.696%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (8.696%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 10 (43.48%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.696%) Symantec
3 1 (4.348%) Oracle
3 1 (4.348%) Lotus
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